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- 1828
- The United States signs a treaty with the Choctaw Indians that establishes the eastern line of the Choctaw Session (the present Arkansas–Oklahoma state line) and affirms Choctaw control of the area west of the line. As a result, Indian Territory gains territory from four counties of Arkansas Territory.
- 1861
- Arkansas secedes from the United States and joins the Confederacy.
- 1913
- The Osaka City Tram system’s Utsubohonmachi Line begins service.
- 1923
- In Toulouse, a memorial is dedicated to casualties of war from the Saint-Aubin and Dupuy districts.
- 1994
- The Channel Tunnel opens, connecting England and France across the Strait of Dover.
- 1998
- In Kazakhstan, Akmola is renamed Astana.
- 2009
- A U-turn lane opens along the C-5 road in Manila.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on May 6, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on May 6 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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